Europe current events in Current Events Books

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A former Air Force officer and ex-undersecretary of defense during the first Bush administration strongly advises the United States to withdraw support from the U.N., carefully laying out his case that the organization undermines American interests.

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This three-lecture collection--as presented at the twelfth Yrjo Jahnsson Lecture at the University of Helsinki--confronts serious questions surrounding the persistence of poverty in rich countries. The work draws upon recent research to examine the problem of poverty and challenges readers to reach an improved understanding of the problem and to seek improvement.

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Dealing with theories of multiculturalism and globalization, this book compares approaches to the educational inclusion of diverse minorities. It examines: accounts from cross-cultural cognitive psychology on the educational needs of certain ethnic groups; research on social class divisions and school exclusions in Britain; and more.

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In the late 1950s, against the unfolding backdrop of the Cold War, American and European leaders began working to reshape Western Europe. They sought to adapt the region to a changing world in which European empires were rapidly disintegrating, Soviet influence was spreading, and the United States could no longer shoulder the entire political and economic burden of the West yet hesitated to share it with Europe. Focusing on the four largest Atlantic powers--Britain, France, Germany, and the United States--Jeffrey Giauque explores these early stages of European integration. <p>Giauque uses evidence from newly opened international archives to show how a mix of cooperation and collaboration shaped efforts to unify postwar Europe. He examines the "grand designs" each country developed to advance its own interests, specific plans for collaboration or accord, and the reactions of the other Atlantic powers to these proposals. Competing national interests not only derailed many otherwise sound plans for European unity, Giauque says, but also influenced such nascent European institutions as the Common Market, the antecedent of today's European Union. Indeed, beyond examining the origins of the European community, this comparative study provides insight into national attitudes and aspirations that continue to shape European and American policies today.

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